A national competition designed to foster innovation in robotics and Artificial Intelligence while promoting STEAM education among primary and secondary students. This initiative inspires young minds to develop cutting-edge solutions to real-world challenges, nurturing the next generation of tech pioneers, industrialists, and visionary leaders—potentially creating Nigeria’s future industry trailblazers.
The challenge is open to schools or private entity who can form a team. A team must consist of a coach and minimum of 2 students and maximum of 3 students.
Participating students must be between the ages of 10 through 16 at the point of submission.
Registration fee of fifty thousand naira (N50,000.00) per team application applies
To register, go to our website https://roboticsandaileague.com/, click the 'Enroll & Compete' button, you will be directed to the payment page.
You can also connect directly via the payment link below. https://paystack.com/pay/f0bgolc3fp and once payment is made, you will be directed to fill the form immediately..
You can only participate as a team through a school or through a private team
Enrollment starts March 1st 2025
Enrollment expires April 30th 2025
Regional shortlist starts from May15th
Successful regional teams (Semi Finalist) will be contacted from 31st May, 2025
The 10 finalist will be contacted on or before 30th June, 2025
The Grand Finale will be held on the 17th July, 2025.
NO,
Teams are free to come up with any design of their choice whether in Robotics or AI
Winning criteria are based on the following; creativity, innovation, functionality, value, complexity, and task completion.
Yes, check the 'Event info' drop down menu on the website and click on 'Technical & general guidelines'. Or copy and paste the below url into your browser,.
Technical & General Guidelines
1st Prize 5Million naira
2nd Prize is 3Million naira
3rd Prize is 1.5Million naira
Other finalist 500K each
Other consolatory Prizes
All 10 finalist will go home with a cash prize.
Workshops and mentorship will be available.
Stay tuned.
YES.
All teams are expected to bring all their equipment. Hardware, software, programming language required for the competition.
Yes, the finalist will be shortlisted through an online audition and interview.
Yes.
Participant will retain all their projects .
For now, NO.
But there's work in progress regarding this.
The Winners will be announced by the panel of judges through their overall average assessments.
Judges are selected based on their professional expertise and impartiality. To ensure fairness, all judges must have no affiliations with any participating schools or groups. A thorough background check will be conducted on all selected judges, and any individual found to have conflicts of interest or compromised integrity before the final competition will be disqualified.
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